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Fancy Fast Food. Fast food reconstructed into (something that looks like) fine cuisine. Recipes included, for those who dare.
posted on Jul-14-09 at 1:30 PM
Inside the White House in 2009 - 2002 - 1993 - 1990 - 1981 - 1977 - 1971 - 1962 - 1952
posted on Jun-9-09 at 7:19 PM
The Dana Carvey Show lasted for only a handful of episodes on ABC in the spring of 1996. but produced more than its share of memorable sketches, thanks to a talented writing staff (with Charlie Kaufman among others), and a cast including Stephen Colbert, Steve Carell, and Robert Smigel. Some highlights for the Hulu-impaired: Leftover Beatle Memories - Skinheads from Maine - Germans who Say Nice Things - First Ladies as Dogs - Waiters who are Nauseated by Food
posted on Jul-19-08 at 2:08 PM
43 Road Runner cartoons on YouTube. (And one more.)
posted on Jul-16-07 at 8:02 PM
Before Woodstock, there was the Monterey International Pop Festival, the world's first major rock festival. It took place from June 16 to June 18, 1967, and it featured performances by, among others, Eric Burdon and The Animals, Simon and Garfunkel, Canned Heat, Al Kooper, The Paul Butterfield Blues Band, Quicksilver Messenger Service, The Electric Flag, The Byrds (more), Jefferson Airplane, Otis Redding, Ravi Shankar, Big Brother and The Holding Company, Buffalo Springfield (minus Neil Young), The Who (3 4 5), Grateful Dead, The Jimi Hendrix Experience, Scott McKenzie, and The Mamas and The Papas
posted on Jun-16-07 at 11:47 PM
Guide to the Danish Golden Age
posted on Feb-10-07 at 6:03 PM
Mohamed ElBaradei and the International Atomic Energy Agency have won this year's Nobel Peace Prize. (previous)
posted on Oct-7-05 at 5:24 PM
"It is with full knowledge of the law that I'm now telling you that if you do not attempt to make restitution I will attempt to kill Ted Turner, and if he is unreachable in his ivory tower, then I only need kill one CNN employee and it will be on your hands."
This is the story of Sean Dix.
posted on Sep-30-05 at 9:17 AM
Meanwhile - an interactive comic by Jason Shiga. (Via)
posted on Sep-26-05 at 3:50 PM
Nice Cup Of Tea And A Sit Down
posted on Sep-5-05 at 6:22 PM
Axis of Eve
posted on May-23-04 at 1:07 PM
Today marks one hundred years since the birth of George Orwell. He may have died in 1950, just after finishing his master work, but he has remained culturally relevant ever since, and never more so than during the past two years.
posted on Jun-25-03 at 1:39 PM
Ralph Waldo Emerson turns 200 today.
posted on May-25-03 at 7:49 PM
One hundred years later, the question remains: Did Pearse fly?
posted on Mar-31-03 at 11:53 AM
The world's largest store turns 100 today.
posted on Nov-8-02 at 6:12 PM
Ray Kroc, the founder of McDonald's was born one hundred years ago today. Regardless of how you feel about their burgers, you have to agree that McDonald's has certainly changed the world, for better or for worse.
posted on Oct-5-02 at 12:13 PM
Ayatollah Ruhollah Khomeini, revolutionary and founder of the Islamic Republic of Iran, would be 100 years old today.
posted on Sep-24-02 at 12:07 PM
Masaoka Shiki, the Japanese poet who revived the haiku, died one hundred years ago today, at the age of 34.
posted on Sep-19-02 at 10:28 AM
posted on Jul-14-09 at 1:30 PM
Inside the White House in 2009 - 2002 - 1993 - 1990 - 1981 - 1977 - 1971 - 1962 - 1952
posted on Jun-9-09 at 7:19 PM
The Dana Carvey Show lasted for only a handful of episodes on ABC in the spring of 1996. but produced more than its share of memorable sketches, thanks to a talented writing staff (with Charlie Kaufman among others), and a cast including Stephen Colbert, Steve Carell, and Robert Smigel. Some highlights for the Hulu-impaired: Leftover Beatle Memories - Skinheads from Maine - Germans who Say Nice Things - First Ladies as Dogs - Waiters who are Nauseated by Food
posted on Jul-19-08 at 2:08 PM
43 Road Runner cartoons on YouTube. (And one more.)
posted on Jul-16-07 at 8:02 PM
Before Woodstock, there was the Monterey International Pop Festival, the world's first major rock festival. It took place from June 16 to June 18, 1967, and it featured performances by, among others, Eric Burdon and The Animals, Simon and Garfunkel, Canned Heat, Al Kooper, The Paul Butterfield Blues Band, Quicksilver Messenger Service, The Electric Flag, The Byrds (more), Jefferson Airplane, Otis Redding, Ravi Shankar, Big Brother and The Holding Company, Buffalo Springfield (minus Neil Young), The Who (3 4 5), Grateful Dead, The Jimi Hendrix Experience, Scott McKenzie, and The Mamas and The Papas
posted on Jun-16-07 at 11:47 PM
Guide to the Danish Golden Age
posted on Feb-10-07 at 6:03 PM
Mohamed ElBaradei and the International Atomic Energy Agency have won this year's Nobel Peace Prize. (previous)
posted on Oct-7-05 at 5:24 PM
"It is with full knowledge of the law that I'm now telling you that if you do not attempt to make restitution I will attempt to kill Ted Turner, and if he is unreachable in his ivory tower, then I only need kill one CNN employee and it will be on your hands."
This is the story of Sean Dix.
posted on Sep-30-05 at 9:17 AM
Meanwhile - an interactive comic by Jason Shiga. (Via)
posted on Sep-26-05 at 3:50 PM
Nice Cup Of Tea And A Sit Down
posted on Sep-5-05 at 6:22 PM
Axis of Eve
posted on May-23-04 at 1:07 PM
Today marks one hundred years since the birth of George Orwell. He may have died in 1950, just after finishing his master work, but he has remained culturally relevant ever since, and never more so than during the past two years.
posted on Jun-25-03 at 1:39 PM
Ralph Waldo Emerson turns 200 today.
posted on May-25-03 at 7:49 PM
One hundred years later, the question remains: Did Pearse fly?
posted on Mar-31-03 at 11:53 AM
The world's largest store turns 100 today.
posted on Nov-8-02 at 6:12 PM
Ray Kroc, the founder of McDonald's was born one hundred years ago today. Regardless of how you feel about their burgers, you have to agree that McDonald's has certainly changed the world, for better or for worse.
posted on Oct-5-02 at 12:13 PM
Ayatollah Ruhollah Khomeini, revolutionary and founder of the Islamic Republic of Iran, would be 100 years old today.
posted on Sep-24-02 at 12:07 PM
Masaoka Shiki, the Japanese poet who revived the haiku, died one hundred years ago today, at the age of 34.
posted on Sep-19-02 at 10:28 AM